Aibar arrived at school early in the morning and cleaned the entire classroom until it was spotless.
Later, the other students began arriving as well.
The teacher entered the classroom, and the mathematics lesson began.
The mathematics lesson ended, and the next lesson began.
That lesson eventually ended as well.
According to Aibar's daily schedule, it was now time for him to eat.
After finishing his meal, he planned to return and clean up.
So, he left the classroom without cleaning up first in order to wash his hands.
When Aibar washed his hands and returned to his seat, the class president was waiting for him.
Her name was Symbat Sauletayeva.
She had been the top-performing student in the entire school—at least, before Aibar arrived.
She sat beside Aibar as his desk partner.
Symbat looked at him with a dismissive expression and spoke in a cold voice.
"Why did you leave without cleaning up after yourself... What kind of manners are those?"
Aibar's expression darkened.
A faint, barely noticeable red aura began to emerge around him.
Aibar started walking toward the class president.
He continued walking until Symbat was backed up against the wall.
She stopped when her back touched the wall.
Aibar extended his right hand.
With a loud BAM, he slammed it against the wall, then slowly slid his hand down it.
He looked at Symbat.
Then he came back to his senses and spoke calmly.
"I apologize. I was planning to clean up after washing my hands.
"I'll clean it now."
Everyone in the classroom had turned their attention toward them.
Aibar glanced at them with his glowing crimson-red eyes.
They immediately turned their attention back to their own work.
Aibar began cleaning up after himself.
Symbat remained leaning against the wall, frozen in place.
She couldn't take her eyes off Aibar.
Symbat (thinking):
"What is this feeling...?
"What?
"No, no, no...
"Impossible.
"Was he really like this...!?
"Wait... am I starting to fall in love with him?
"Impossible..."
Symbat became flustered, and her cheeks slowly turned red.
The lessons began and ended one after another.
The fourth lesson, physical education, was about to begin.
The boys were in the locker room, changing their clothes.
Aibar entered the locker room.
He also began changing his clothes.
As he started taking off his white T-shirt, all the boys' mouths fell open.
The boys stared at him in amazement.
The boys (thinking):
*"What a physique...
"His abs and muscles are so clearly defined...
"Incredible...
"No excess fat at all.
"An amazing and beautiful body...
"The dream physical form for any guy..."*
Aibar finished changing and gave the boys who were staring at him a cold look.
In a serious voice, he simply said:
"Let's go..."
Then he walked outside.
And so, the physical education lesson began.
The students warmed up first.
Afterward, they began playing football on the school stadium.
But to Aibar, the school stadium felt tiny.
He could stand in front of the first goal and effortlessly score goals into the second goal with a single kick.
The boys were afraid to block his shots.
Aibar's kicks were incredibly powerful.
In their eyes, his shots were extremely dangerous.
However, Aibar began dribbling the ball and scoring goals, doing his best to keep his shots as gentle as possible.
Even so, it seemed almost impossible to take the ball away from him.
The lesson ended, and everyone went to the locker room to change their clothes.
After finishing everything and putting things in order, Aibar was on his way to the locker room when he suddenly noticed something.
He noticed a floating figure.
Aibar immediately understood that this was not a good sign.
He contacted Azamat.
A figure floating in the air suddenly began laughing loudly.
"Hahaha..."
He spoke in a cheerful voice.
"My name is Asanali.
"I order the school principal to come before me.
"Quickly...
"Otherwise, I'll drag him out here myself."
A slight sense of panic began spreading throughout the school.
Everyone inside was nervous.
Asanali smiled playfully.
"I'll give you ten seconds..."
Asanali happened to glance to the side.
That's when he noticed Aibar.
Aibar looked cold and emotionless.
He stared directly at Asanali above him, face-to-face.
In a cold voice, he spoke calmly.
"Who do you think you are to give orders...
"Have you never heard the saying, 'An uninvited guest should know his place'?
"Know your place..."
Aibar slowly began walking toward Asanali, keeping his eyes fixed directly on him.
Asanali looked down at Aibar.
His expression clearly showed that he was irritated by Aibar's words.
"What did you say...?"
Asanali became angry.
But then he regained his composure and gave a slight smile.
"Ah, fine...
"I'm not a guest anyway..."
The people inside the school were watching through the windows.
Some of them were even recording the scene.
Asanali calmly looked at Aibar.
"You're quite brave...
"Are you in such a hurry to die?"
Before he could finish, Azamat arrived and placed Aibar's weapons in front of him.
Aibar glanced at Azamat and subtly signaled with his eyes for him to leave.
Asanali looked down at him with disdain.
Thinking that Aibar was simply joking around, he became angry.
He shouted loudly.
"Are you ignoring me!?
"How dare you!"
Asanali began firing electricity at Aibar.
Aibar's first weapon was a wristwatch.
He quickly put the watch on his wrist and activated it.
A powerful Force Field Shield appeared.
Aibar remained protected behind the Force Field Shield generated by the wristwatch.
Aibar was doing his best to defend himself.
However, the attacks of electricity were hitting him with tremendous force, as if he were being struck by a vehicle.
Aibar's second weapon was a massive sword.
Aibar drew his sword and began launching a counterattack.
He raised himself into the air, stepping upward as if he were climbing invisible stairs.
However, moving through the air like this required a great deal of physical energy from Aibar's legs.
Aibar continued his counterattack.
However, Asanali had a protective layer around his body.
Asanali was a wielder of three elements: wind, fire, and electricity.
A layer of wind completely surrounded and protected his body.
Aibar's attacks couldn't penetrate it.
Aibar's attacks were proving useless.
Asanali, who had been attacking Aibar from every direction, struck him with a powerful blast of wind, sending him flying a long distance away.
However, there was still one more person outside.
It was Symbat.
Asanali noticed Symbat.
"Huh??? Who's that? Well, I don't really care..."
He began firing at Symbat with his lightning element.
Aibar blocked the electrical attacks with his back.
The clothes on Aibar's body began to burn.
He tore them off and threw them aside.
Aibar's back was covered in blood.
He removed the shield and handed it to Symbat.
Aibar noticed an open window.
He looked at Symbat and spoke calmly.
"I might not be able to block every attack with my body.
"However, I'll become your shield.
"Get inside the classroom through that open window."
Aibar moved toward the window, shielding her with his own body.
Asanali relentlessly continued striking Aibar with electricity.
Symbat climbed through the window into the school.
She tried to remove the watch.
But she didn't know how to deactivate the Force Field Shield.
She was slightly frightened.
Aibar continued enduring the electrical attacks with his back as much as he could.
Even then, he remained calm.
He reached his hand through the window and grabbed Symbat's hand.
Then, he tapped the edge of the watch three times with his finger.
The Force Field Shield deactivated.
Aibar removed the watch from Symbat's hand, put it back on his own wrist, and activated it again.
He turned his back toward Asanali once more and raised the Force Field Shield, protecting himself again.
However, Aibar was now covered in blood and had grown considerably weaker.
Even though he could barely remain standing on his feet...
He refused to give up.
Asanali pulled out a metal syringe filled with an unknown liquid. He proudly showed it to Aibar, smiling slightly.
"Do you know how I gained my power?
"After taking this injection, I obtained this overwhelming strength.
"Hmm... however, you can only take this injection once.
"Taking it a second time carries a high risk of death.
"But if you survive the second dose...
"You'll gain an incredibly destructive power.
"I don't know whether I can survive the second dose or not.
"However, after destroying this school, I brought this injection with me so that I could face the armies of the entire world.
"To take the risk..."
He put the syringe into his pocket.
Aibar prepared to counterattack once again and began attacking.
He jumped higher and higher, moving as if he were climbing invisible stairs, giving the impression that he was flying as he approached Asanali and attacked him.
Whenever he became exhausted, he landed on the ground and rested for a second before rising into the air again.
He continued attacking without stopping.
However, Aibar's attacks were extremely weak.
Asanali also began moving seriously.
Asanali struck Aibar with tremendous force, slamming him into the ground.
When Aibar hit the ground, the concrete beneath him cracked.
Aibar began to weaken even further.
Asanali descended toward him at tremendous speed and began striking Aibar relentlessly, not giving him any chance to stand up.
Aibar was beaten to the point of death and was barely clinging to life.
However, even while lying on the ground, Aibar suddenly propelled himself forward with his legs like a spring, slid out of the way, and quickly got back on his feet.
Asanali also stood up.
The two of them faced each other.
Aibar opened his hand.
Asanali proudly showed him the injection.
Aibar stole the syringe.
He had managed to take it.
Aibar remained completely emotionless.
In a calm voice, he spoke.
"Fool... You gave me the information yourself..."
Without hesitation, Aibar injected the serum into his right arm.
Asanali began to grow angry.
The moment Aibar injected himself with the serum, he immediately collapsed unconscious.
Asanali laughed.
"Hahaha...
"You're the fool after all.
"Would a person really trust their enemy this much?
"Yes, my wind barrier turns off every second so that I can rest.
"But somehow, I realized that if you were agile enough, you would steal it during the moment my wind barrier was deactivated.
"However, I deliberately left out one important piece of information...
"After taking the injection, you'll remain unconscious for one day until the power spreads throughout your body.
"Did you really think I would simply let you take the injection for nothing?
"Hahahahaha...
"Everything went exactly according to my plan.
"Now killing you will be easy.
"After that, I'll destroy the school.
"And finally..."
He stopped speaking for a moment and gave a slight grin.
Then a huge smile spread across his face, and he began laughing loudly.
"Hahaha...
"After the school, the whole world will be beneath my feet.
"The organization is going to be pleased."
He smiled and began approaching Aibar.
Meanwhile, the entire school remained gripped by fear.
Asanali approached Aibar.
His expression suddenly became cold.
In a cold voice, he spoke angrily.
"You don't understand anything...
"I lost precious people because of this school.
"What do you know?
"You don't understand anything."
Asanali was about to kill Aibar.
He gripped his sword with both hands and was about to thrust it into Aibar.
But then—
Lightning suddenly struck Aibar's body with a loud crack.
A second before the lightning struck, a layer of wind had already surrounded Aibar.
The wind layer absorbed the lightning that struck him.
Electricity completely surrounded the surface of the wind layer, crackling and dancing around Aibar's body.
Asanali staggered backward.
His eyes widened in shock.
"Impossible..."
He shouted.
A layer of wind surrounded Aibar.
Then flames began to burn across the surface of the wind layer, while electricity continued to spark around him.
Aibar got back on his feet in the blink of an eye.
The very next second, he flew toward Asanali.
He began striking him relentlessly.
With every blow, Aibar redirected Asanali's trajectory upward, carrying him higher into the sky through the sheer force of his attacks.
Aibar was furious.
His eyes had turned completely crimson, glowing intensely.
He unleashed devastating attacks at tremendous speed, raining down an extremely dangerous series of blows upon Asanali.
Asanali barely managed to evade Aibar's attacks.
He was astonished, but anger quickly replaced his shock.
"You bastard... how?
"How did you do this...?
"Impossible...
"You were supposed to remain unconscious for an entire day.
"Or you were supposed to receive another serum beforehand.
"Without that, how are you able to move without waiting a whole day...?"
He shouted angrily.
Aibar remained silent, his expression filled with rage.
His attacks continued.
They became faster.
And stronger.
He kept attacking without stopping.
Aibar was performing all of these attacks—all of these countless strikes—with only his left hand.
In his other hand, he still held the enormous sword.
Then Aibar began using the massive sword in his other hand as well.
He slashed Asanali repeatedly, covering his entire body in blood.
With one powerful strike, Aibar sent Asanali crashing into the exact spot where Aibar himself had fallen moments earlier.
This time, it was Asanali who hit the ground.
The teachers and students watching from the windows were completely stunned.
But then—
Asanali suddenly began laughing hysterically.
"Hahahaha... ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha...
"You bastard...
"I... I...
"I underestimated you..."
He grinned.
Then, all of the wounds Asanali had suffered began rapidly regenerating and healing.
A layer of flames completely surrounded Asanali over the layer of wind covering his body.
Asanali entered his true form of fire.
Asanali spoke this time in a calm voice.
"I don't know how you did it...
"But after taking this serum, you were supposed to remain unconscious for an entire day.
"Unless you had taken another... red-colored serum beforehand.
"How is this possible...?
"You couldn't possibly have that red serum.
"I can tell just by looking at you."
At that moment, Aibar's mind returned to his past.
Memories from his childhood flashed through his mind.
He stood there frozen.
Asanali continued speaking.
"Normally, after taking the injection for the first time, you remain unconscious for an entire day.
"But you...
"Ah... fine. What's done is done.
"The True Form of Wind that you're using right now.
"Yes, in the Wind Form, it's possible to use all three elements simultaneously.
"But right now, I'm in the True Form of Fire.
"The Fire Form is one level above the Wind Form..."
Aibar calmly interrupted him.
"You talk too much...
"You probably don't even realize how much information you're giving me."
Asanali became slightly irritated.
"What...?
"I'm not giving you information.
"I'm simply warning you.
"Your level... is lower than mine.
"I'm taking pity on you and helping you by telling you what kind of danger you're standing against..."
Aibar interrupted him again, his expression emotionless and his voice calm.
"Is that so...
"We'll see about that now."
Aibar began attacking again.
A fierce battle erupted between the two.
This time, Asanali had also retrieved the sword he had dropped earlier.
Aibar fought at an equal level to Asanali, or perhaps slightly above him.
Asanali couldn't believe his own eyes as he watched Aibar wield the enormous sword effortlessly with one hand.
One of Asanali's advantages was his extremely high regeneration.
Their wind barriers were now useless.
Aibar's wind barrier was useless as well.
This was because the forms also affected their weapons, surrounding them with their respective elements.
Aibar's enormous sword was surrounded by the Wind element.
Meanwhile, Asanali's sword was surrounded by Fire.
This meant that Aibar's massive sword, enhanced by the Wind element, was capable of cutting through Asanali's Fire Form.
Likewise, Asanali's Fire-enhanced sword was capable of cutting through Aibar's Wind Form.
A devastating sword battle erupted between the two.
The battle was taking place in the sky.
Aibar had carried Asanali high into the air.
A battle on the ground at this level of destruction would be powerful enough to destroy an entire city with a single strike.
Aibar was using all his strength and doing everything he could to avoid taking a single hit.
And it was working.
He was raining down numerous powerful attacks upon Asanali, dealing massive damage.
Aibar could barely evade Asanali's attacks thanks to his speed.
Aibar's advantages were overwhelming.
His physical strength, speed, defense, attack power, overall power, and weapon-handling skills were all on a far higher level.
Asanali understood this as well.
He knew that if he didn't have his regeneration...
He would have been reduced to nothing but minced meat a long time ago.
Asanali mocked Aibar with a laugh.
"Haha... you can't kill me. Thanks to my regeneration, I can withstand your attacks.
"But you... you'll just keep attacking until you get tired, your energy runs out, and you become weakened.
"At that point, I'll completely dominate the fight."
Aibar calmly, without showing any emotion, replied:
"Hmm... regeneration?
"Did you think I wouldn't notice?
"Your weakness is your heart... or perhaps a crystal core in place of it... Did I get it right?"
Asanali became furious.
"You bastard..." he shouted.
Aibar remained calm.
"What...?
"There's nothing surprising about that.
"Judging by how angry you became... I guess I was right."
Aibar continued launching devastating attacks at Asanali without stopping.
He kept forcing Asanali higher into the air, preventing him from reaching the ground and keeping the battle in the sky.
Aibar tricked Asanali into coming toward him, then flew higher into the sky and waited for him there, continuing their battle in the air.
Otherwise, the destructive power of their attacks would have been extremely dangerous.
Under Aibar's devastating attacks, Asanali's chest began to open up.
Something started to glimmer between his wounds, near where his heart should have been.
Aibar had been right.
There really was a crystal core inside him.
It was glowing blue.
Aibar acted quickly and pulled the crystal out.
Asanali weakened and slowly descended, landing on the ground.
Aibar also began descending toward the ground.
Asanali admitted defeat and collapsed onto the ground.
Aibar remained calm and emotionless, but this time his voice was slightly warmer.
"Actually... I can read people's minds by looking at their expressions.
"And this school really is ranked first in Kazakhstan when it comes to delinquency.
"I forgive you.
"Tell me what's troubling you.
"Perhaps the delinquents killed someone close to you, while the principal didn't care.
"I'm listening."
Asanali laughed, but this time, his laughter wasn't mocking. Instead, it was... different.
Asanali:
"Hahaha..."
Asanali regained his composure and spoke calmly.
"Almost... very close.
"Ah... yes, you got it right."
Aibar looked at Asanali, who was lying motionlessly on the ground, with such an understanding gaze that it convinced him Aibar genuinely sympathized with him.
Asanali gave a slight smile and continued.
"I used to be a student at this school, and I was also a resident of this village.
"I had my younger brother, my father, my mother, and my grandfather with me.
"They were very precious to me.
"After my parents, my younger brother was the last person I had left.
"He was the reason I kept living.
"Yes... my parents died.
"Only my younger brother and my grandfather remained.
"After our parents died, we became orphans and stayed with our grandfather for a while.
"An official report stated that our parents had died in a car accident.
"But I knew...
"I knew..."
Asanali became angry and spoke in a furious voice.
"I knew it had been intentional.
"Because the delinquents at this school wouldn't let us live in peace.
"They treated my younger brother and me like animals... like livestock.
"One day, they demanded a huge amount of money from us.
"They told us that if we didn't bring the money, our parents would be put into an eternal sleep.
"When I complained to the female principal, she either became frightened or made various excuses, acting as if it didn't matter anyway.
"Even the local police officers didn't want to confront those delinquents.
"Because everyone was either afraid of those delinquents... or simply didn't care.
"One day, exactly one day after I complained to the principal..."
This time, there was sadness in Asanali's expression and voice.
Asanali spoke sadly.
"My parents urgently needed to go to the city.
"But before my parents even left, the delinquents came at dawn and attached an explosive device to their car.
"And the moment my parents set off, the car exploded before they even managed to leave the village.
"Our parents were burned alive..."
Asanali paused for a moment, then continued.
"One day, at school, I overheard some of the delinquents talking to each other and admitting what they had done.
"I wanted to beat them up right there because I was so angry.
"But I was weak.
"They beat me so badly that they didn't leave a single uninjured part of my body.
"Then, starting the very next day, my younger brother began getting beaten every single day for no reason.
"I couldn't protect him.
"I would try to intervene, but they deliberately beat my brother right in front of my eyes.
"One day, my brother couldn't take it anymore and took his own life.
"It devastated me.
"I lost everyone who was precious to me.
"I was only sixteen years old at the time.
"After that, I lost my grandfather as well.
"After my younger brother's death, his heart couldn't take it anymore, and he passed away.
"And then, one rainy night, while I was standing outside crying, a stranger approached me and introduced me to his organization.
"He promised that the school would be their first target and that they would fulfill my wish.
"From that moment on, the organization's first target became the school.
"And if one of our members dies...
"The school becomes the second priority.
"They search for the person who killed our fallen member, and they won't stop until that person is eliminated.
"That organization's ultimate plan is to destroy the world and create a new one.
"And if you betray the organization...
"You die."
Asanali paused for a moment again. He looked like he wanted to cry, but he continued.
"I joined that organization because of all that.
"And they gave me this overwhelming power.
"After that, I searched for the delinquents who had ruined my life, intending to punish them.
"Once I found them, I burned every single one of them alive.
"And today, I came here to destroy this school.
"Especially after I heard that the son of the former principal—the negligent one—was now the principal of this school.
"One of the delinquents was the son of the principal from the time when I attended this school.
"And now I'm here to eliminate his brother.
"Yes, I don't know whether the current principal is a good person or a bad person.
"But his mother and his younger brother were destroyed by my hand.
"I burned them alive with pleasure.
"I believe they deserved that punishment.
"The reason I need to destroy this school is so that scum like them won't be created again...
"It's like destroying a factory to prevent it from producing a defective product."
Aibar spoke calmly, without emotion, but with a warm voice.
"Looking at my serious expression, you probably can't tell...
"But I sympathize with your pain."
Asanali spoke coldly.
"Even if you let me go, I might attack this school again.
"And if I don't attack... if I betray the organization...
"They'll torture me to death.
"So instead...
"Kill me yourself.
"I'm already tired."
Aibar remained calm.
"Even after all the things you've done...
"You're a good person..."
Asanali listened in surprise.
Aibar continued calmly.
"You had many chances to destroy this school...
"But instead of doing that, you chose to fight me fairly.
"Thank you..."
Tears welled up in Asanali's eyes, and he gave a small smile.
Aibar spoke in a cold voice.
"Do you truly want this?"
Asanali nodded without hesitation.
Aibar calmly replied.
"I'll take full responsibility for everything.
"To me, you're a hero.
"You're a hero... who simply took the wrong path.
"And just as you said, from now on, I am the organization's main target.
"So rest...
"I'll fix the school myself..."
Aibar crushed the crystal core in his hand and shattered it completely.
Asanali looked at Aibar with genuine respect this time.
"Thank you..."
He smiled and closed his eyes.
Aibar then picked Asanali up into his arms and carried him away.